Toronto Blue Jays center fielder Vernon Wells is the winner of the 2010 Branch Rickey Award in recognition of his work with kids in the community. Created by the Rotary Club of Denver in 1991, the ...

Today, we call them “allies,” the white people who stood in the gap during the awful Jim Crow era; those who fought to abolish slavery and those who went into the Deep South to stand with the Freedom ...

When Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey met Jackie Robinson in 1945 to recruit him as Major League Baseball’s first black player, he tested Robinson’s resolve. He unleashed a barrage of ...

Near 80 years ago, there was a famous exchange between star baseball player Jackie Robinson and the general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Branch Rickey.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Branch Rickey knew his intentions. He, the former general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals who’d created a dynasty featuring ...

Los Angeles Dodgers prospects Christian Zazueta and Eduardo Quintero were named the 2025 Branch Rickey Minor League Pitcher of the Year and Player of the Year, respectively. They follow in the ...

Branch Rickey, dead at nearly 84 after having held a speaking crowd spellbound at Columbia, Mo., with his last uttered words, was far more remarkable than his baseball clubs' successes. He not only ...